REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, SAMARINDA -- Director of Islamic Illumination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ahmad Zayadi delivered the 30th National Quran Tilawatil Musabaqah (MTQ) in 2024 in East Kalimantan Province and the Capital City of Nusantara (IKN), 8-16 September 2024, based on the results of the determination that 1,998 participants from 38 regions will be followed.

“The participants consisted of 1,587 core participants and 431 reserve participants,” Ahmad Zayadi said in a statement in Samarinda, some time ago.

He revealed that the participants of the MTQ competition consisted of the art of reading the Quran followed by 294 participants, qira'at Al Quran (160), Quran memorization (298), Tafsir Al Quran (125), Fahm Al Quran (195), and Sharah Quran (182).

Then there were 224 participants in the Quranic calligraphy art, 59 participants, and an exhibition of Quranic art of 10 participants.